Sunshine on Leith is one of the greatest football anthems in Britain, if not the world.
Bold statement? Just look at some of the comments from fans across the world absolutely gushing about it.
Our completely distinct name, Hibernian dates back to 98 AD, well before the English language even began. The ancient Latin word for 'Ireland', it translates basically to 'the land of winter' pretty apt for us to be fair. Far better than the Aberdeen's, Dundee United's and Motherwell's of this world.
We were World Club Champions in 1887.
One of the greatest players in football history, George Best played for us.
One of the greatest managers in football history, Jock Stein managed us.
We allegedly had a
gypsy curse placed on us when the harp symbol was removed from the main stand. Having not won the Scottish Cup for 114 years, we incredibly broke the hoodoo at the first attempt after reinstalling the harp on Easter Road in 2015-2016. Now that is about as special and unique as it comes.
First British team to play in Europe.
Weve reached the semi final of the European Cup (now the Champions League) and the semi final of the Fairs Cup (now the Europa League).
Weve defeated both Barcelona and Real Madrid. In fact, we were the first ever British team to defeat Real.
After trailing 4-1 away to Napoli in 1967, we knocked 5 past Dino Zoff at home to win on aggregate.
The high and lows, the entertainment, the rollercoaster ride. Who else could let a 6-2 lead slip to draw 6-6, who else could beat both of the Old Firm in the cup only to lose to Livingston in the final? Who else could come back from 3-0 down at half time to win at Hampden in a semi final?
Our fans banded together and saved our club from a hostile takeover from Wallace Mercer, the chairman of Hearts in the early 1990s, galvanising the club, and going on to win the League Cup shortly after.
The great World Cup winning Brazil sides from the 1950-1970s took inspiration from our style of play at the time. We were even named several times in the Brazilian football encyclopedia.
Source.
Not bad for a wee team is it.